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als in safe obscurity, to be brought out, of course, if required by students. [Illustration: 39--New Testament and Psalms. London, 1630.] _New Testament and Psalms._ London, 1630. Several small English books of the seventeenth century were bound 'double,' _i.e._ two volumes side by side, so as to open different ways (compare p. 38). Each of the books, which are always of the same size, has a back and one board to itself, the other board, between them, being common to both. As already stated, this form of book occurs rarely in canvas bindings, and it is of commoner occurrence in satin. A design which is frequently met with is well shown in the case of a double specimen containing the New Testament and the Psalms, printed in London in 1630, and covered in white satin, measuring 4-1/4 by 2 inches, the ornamentation being the same on both sides. In the centre, in an oval, is a delicately worked iris of many colours in feather-stitch, the petals edged with fine silver cord. The oval is marked by a silver cord, beyond which are ornamental arabesques outlined in cord and filled in solidly, in high relief, with silver thread. The backs are divided into five panels, containing alternately flowers in red, blue, and green silks, and star shapes in silver thread in high relief. Silver spangles have been freely used, but most of them have now gone; the edges of the leaves are gilt and gauffred in a simple dotted pattern. To the middle of the front edge of one of the boards is attached a long green ribbon of silk which wraps round both volumes. Henshaw, _Horae Successivae_. London, 1632. [Illustration: 40--Henshaw, Horae Successivae. London, 1632.] Henshaw's _Horae Successivae_, printed in London in 1632, is bound in white satin, and measures 4-1/2 by 2 inches. It is very delicately and prettily worked in a floral design, the same on both sides, and is remarkable for its simplicity--a flower with stalk and leaves in the centre, one in each corner, and an insect in the spaces between them. The centre flower is a carnation, round it are pansy, rose, cornflower, and strawberry, while between them are a caterpillar, snail, butterfly, and moth. All of these are delicately worked in feather-stitch in the proper colours, and edged all round with fine gold cord; the stalks are of the same cord used double. On the strawberries there is some fine knotted work. The back is divided into four panels, containing a cornflower,
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